Shoe-latchet



I. BANISTER. SHOE FASTENING.

No. 8,381. Patented Sept. 23,1851.

UNITED STATES FATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC BANISTER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SHOE-LATCHET.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 8,381, dated September 23, 1851.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAo BANISTER, of Newark, in the county of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Shoe-Latchet;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexactd-escription thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specification.

Figure 1, is a side view of a shoe furnished wit-h mynew and improvedlatchet, showing the appearance of the shoe and position of the latchetwhen fastened; Fig. 2 a side view of the shoe when the latchet isunfastened; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section of the several partsconstituting the latchet, detached from the shoe and united to eachother; and Fig. at, a view of the respective parts of the latchetdetached from each other.

The nature of my invention consists in attaching to a flap A, whichpasses over the instep and is connected to one of the quarters of ashoe, a thin flexible plate or latch B, which is curved at its front end(6,) for fitting into a socket or eyelet cl, secured between the liningand upper leather of the vamp of a shoe, and at the other end 7'projects beyond the said flap a suflicient distance to enable it to bepassed under a catch or hook c, which is secured to the opposite quarterof the shoe, and serves by its action on the latch to confine the shoefirmly to the foot.

The latch B, is inserted under the lining of the flap A, except its ends6, and f, and is held therein by stitches. The socket or eyelet (Z, isfitted bet-ween the vamp (or quarter) of the shoe and its lining, in asimilar manner. The curved end 6, of the latchet fits loosely into thesocket cl, so as to be easily. inserted therein, or withdrawn. The catch0, is secured between the quarter of the shoe and its lining in the samemanner as is the socket and latch, above described. This catch 0, turnsor hooks downward a sufficient distance to prevent the latch from everfalling out of it, when a shoe is confined thereby upon the foot; thelatch B, is drawn down below the point of the catch, and thence slidesunder it, and is retained therein by the upward pressure exerted uponthe strap A, by the foot.

The above described latchet, consisting of the latch B, socket (Z, andcatch 0, may be made of any suitable material having proper flexibility,strength, and durability.

hen a shoe supplied with my improved latchet is unfastened, the frontend 6 of the latch readily becomes detached from the socket (Z, andallows the shoe to open freely to receive the foot, or allow it to bewithdrawn therefrom; and when it is desired to fasten the shoe, thecurved end of the latch passes easily into the said socket or eyelet.

I do not intend to limit the application of the above described latchetto fastening any particular kind of shoe, but to apply it in all caseswhere it may be applicable. Nor do I wish to be understood that the flapA, is a necessary part of my invention; but that any two parts of a shoemay be so united or fastened when desired by my improved latchet.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The confining a shoe to the foot by means of a flexible latch B, securedto one portion of the said shoe, acting in conjunction with a socketoreyelet (Z, and a catch or hook a, secured to other parts of the shoe andoperating substantially in the manner herein set forth.

The above specification of my new and improved shoe latchet signed thissecond day of June 1851.

. ISAAC BANISTER. lVitnesses Z. G. ROBBINS, J. S. BROWN,

